Refugium Botanicum.} [December, 1872. 
TAB. 133. 
Tribe VANDEX. 
Genus Maxinuaria, Ruiz. & Pav. 
M. rurescens, Lindl. Bot. Reg. xxi. 1802, in textu! xxi. 1836, 
t. 1848! Description, see our Plate 79, where the smaller 
yellow-flowered form is represented.—Mawillaria fuscata, Hort. ! 
M. acutifolia, Lindl.! Bot. Reg. xxv. 1839, Mise.148! MM. articu- 
lata, Klotzsch, Semin. Berol. Hort. Bot. 1858, Notul. No. 8.— 
(? M. galeata, Scheidw. Berl. Gartz. 1842, 309! M. rugosa, 
Scheidw., 1. c. 1848, 101!) MM. rufescens, Lindl. Walp. Ann. vi. 
523! Lchb. f. in Bonplandia, u. 16! 
The original specimen was said to come from Trinidad, where 
the plant is described as common by Mr. Bradford (see Grisebach, 
‘Flora of the British West Indian Islands,’ p. 626, where the plant 
is made a Xylobiuwm, as if it had plaited leaves and a spike like 
Maaxillaria elongata!), whence came also the Saundersian specimen 
for Plate 79. It appears to be common in Cuba, at M. Verde, 
flowering in May and September, where Mr. Wright collected it 
several times: a very precious gift for herbaria, where it occurs 
exceedingly seldom from the native place. I have a copy of a 
sketch prepared by my friend Wagener in Venezuela: he found it 
at 6000 feet elevation, flowering in November, in Caracas. Living 
specimens flowered at Berlin (MW. articulata, Klotzsch!) and at 
Krollwitz, near Halle aS., in the collection of Mr. Keferstein, 
one of the nicest and best kept amateur collections I ever knew, 
now long since given up. It was a small-flowered variety that 
gave copious fruits without ever having opened its flowers—a most 
remarkable instance of fertilization, which one may observe often 
enough if one is not blind from theory-spinning. The M. acutifolia 
was introduced by Messrs. Loddiges from Demerara. J. Day, Esq., 
introduced the plant from Brazil. The plant was exceedingly 
common in collections, and is even now imported oftener than 
nurserymen and amateurs would like, since it is not at all 
appreciated. 
An English description is given for Plate 79. I may add a few 
remarks. The pseudobulbs are represented by our artist quite 
